Pakistan carried out overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan, including on the capital Kabul, killing four people and wounding 15, Afghan authorities said on Friday, as tensions between the two neighbors escalated again.
A spokesperson for the Taliban government said Pakistan had also bombed the fuel depot of private airline Kam Air near Afghanistan's Kandahar airport.
Pakistan's military has not yet issued a statement, but a Pakistani security source confirmed the strikes to news agency AFP, targeting militants belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The operation targeted "accurate targets involving TTP," according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Islamabad has repeatedly accused Afghanistan of harbouring TTP militants responsible for a series of deadly attacks inside Pakistan.
The Taliban government in Kabul has denied the allegations and insists Afghan territory is not being used for attacks against other countries.
Khalil Zadran, spokesperson for Kabul police, said the bombardment struck residential areas in the capital, leaving four people dead and 15 others injured.
Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media platform X that Pakistani strikes also hit the southern province of Kandahar - home to the movement's supreme leader - as well as the eastern provinces of Paktia and Paktika, which border Pakistan.
Pakistan has maintained that its operations have not caused civilian casualties, though casualty claims from both sides remain difficult to independently verify.
